Hi there LT, Where did you hear that Ron C took Joe Overstreet out in a boat and threw animals to gators? This is a rumor in my opinion. I can understand where you might have been lead to believe this though as getting information in this case is much like the old time version of the game telephone, in my opinion.
Art Harris originally posted a story that where he said that Ronald Cummings pointed out a spot on the St Johns River where he and Joe liked to fish, maybe have a tall cool one ( those are Mr. Harris's words not mine) and talk about Alligators and their appetite. I never read any report about Joe and RC throwing animals to alligators. I think the original story has been embellished upon, but you judge for yourself here.
http://www.artharris.com/2009/09/19/putnam-county-pond-search-tied-to-haleigh-cummings-tips/
snip~We were together months ago, not far from the pond, at another waters edge in Satsuma
where marble sized eyes were visible popping out of the St. Johns River,
and a dock not far from Ronalds trailer, where Haleighs father lead us to take a look, months ago, noting the lazy cruising ground of the scaly predators, and their indiscrimanting appetite.
Ronald told me that he and
Joe Overstreet, Mistys Tennessee cousin, used to visit the very spot on the St. Johns river to fish, shoot the breeze, maybe drink a tall, cool one, and talk about life
and the appetite of Alligators. In fact, he said, in an exclusive chat with The Bald Truth months ago, that Joe talked about one of his favorite pastimeswatching alligators go to town on small animals or big ones that fell or got tossed in for their dining pleasure.~ end
Further on in the article you will notice ( if you care to read further on in the article

) that Art mentions he first heard about Joe Overstreet having a big question mark over his head by LYNDSY, CHELSEA and LISA C. I personally wondered if this wasn't where Misty first got her ideas about Joe O as well. Let's face it, she already didn't trust him, so if all the females in her family questioned where he was that night .....why shouldn't she? This article came out back in the second week of September 2009, but Art states he heard about the question mark over Joe's head....months before.